The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-01-07
tOficial.l
A OF
JACKSON COUNTY.

The bOaru mel III TpSular e"nNiou Uh
Monday January 3, 1887. All the mem
beers present
person. for coffin and burial of Thomas
Blot.ric. pauper, out general county fund.
The following mounts allowed payable
ont bridge fund /: T. McGee, repairing
bridge over Cedar creek, $40. Samuel
Byrd, building bridge over Little Monger
creek, $26. VIM D4vro, building bridge
over Fort bayou, $67. J Ware an ID Me
Donald Z days services in vacation W
each.
The report Of the cornty superintendent
of education having been submitted the
same after dne examination and consider
atlon was accepted and ordered to be filed.
The Gulf Coast Advertiser was allowed
the sum OF S24.62 out general comfy fund
as per bill on file.
1t is ordered by the board that thirty
feet on the bank CT Dog river belonging
to Jackson county at the junction OF the
Telephone road and known rs the Glass
factory property lie set aside for u public
Wharf.-The expense OF building a-d keep
ing in order 10 be paid by citizens inter
ested and not by Jackson county.
Thefull0wing hands were assigned to
the Cross road between Elder ferry road
and Mobile road, Wallace Wood L Wood
N Shepperd p Mlklass and Geo. Thomas.
The comfy treasurer having submitted
his report and exhibited an amount in
currency equal to all the balances IN favor
Of the county, the same was received APP
proved and ordered 10 be recorded.
The county treasurer was ordered to
make demand on the principal of all notes
due for security. and if refused to take
steps fol- the collection Ct the same and
TO collect all interest due the county, and
when the interest due on said notes shall
be paid after demand therefor said treas
urer is instructed to sue for collection +
both principal and inter ST.
The sum of $74 was allowed II l. Howe
that being : per cent of $i,479 s. due him
AZ county superintendent of education
The contract for repairing bridge and
causeway across the Lake on Ocean
Springs Jerry road north of the ferry hay
ing been offered t0 the lowest bidder Geo
w Thomas bid to do said work for the
sum of $500 which was the lowest bid
offered the same was accepted. and the
said Geo w Thomas having giNel bond ia
the sum of $1,000 with G w Davis aud A
Ealin as suruties thereon for tho faithful
performance of his said contract, which
b1ud WAS approved. Johnson Ware X
Yancleaye aud Z N Ramsay were APP
pointed commissioners to inspect and To-
ceiYe said work.
Tho board deeming it necessary that II
horse or mule should be purchased for the
use Of the poor-house of this county a
mule was purchased from J u Rogersf for
the sum Of $50, payable out genera
county fund.
4 Bloomfield proprietor Of the Cali
Coast Advertiser, having offered to pab-
lish the proceedings and other notices and
orders of This board required By aw to be
published without cost or charge to this
county for tho year 1857, said offer was
accepted.
Ordered that the road leading from the
two-mile post on the River o from
Y Fairley's ferry to the county line utter
sectiug with the road that runs by the
Michigan camp. thence across Black creek
be declared public and that Thomas Mi
zell be appointed OveFseer on same. aud
the following hands lie assigned to work
the same ) COwart A Former w z Will
kinson Jack Farley C S Farley and al
Nixon.
b F Pickett was allowed 81 for half
corl wood furnished tue pOOr-house.
DR. w Cox having made'a proposition
10 this board to render his professional
services to the paupe-s who may be
placed IN the poOr-hOuse OF bnls county
for the year 1857 on the following terms
tOwit: For the inst Eve pauPer 40 the
rate Of s.. so per capita, aud for az owe
tue number OF five at the rate Of 50 per
capita, which proposition having been
heard and understood by the board &c Is
ordered that said DIR W A Cox be and he
is hsreby employed as PHI stefan TO said
moor house for the year 1881 on the { runs
as proposed by him and above stated.
BY a unanimous vote the following res
~olufion was passed: Resolved, That the
thanks Of this board are rendered to Cap
P K Nayers, editor Of the DEMOCRAT
STAB gfor Publishing the prnceedlngs o.
this board for she year iSo5-free o.
charge,
Ordered that Jerry Korfe be appointed
~oveTseer on jackson avenue from beacl
TO Tilina's corner IN Beat I for the yea
1877 vice JeryAmes removed, whereuPOl
the BOARD adjourned until halt-past uln'